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for Senior 2
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21st Century
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Reading
Reading the passage carefully
and complete the form below.
(within 3 words)
for Senior 2
江苏徐州一中
朱静
09-10 学年第 7 期总第 372 期
Round the clock
Kobe (P1)

for Senior 2
21st Century Teens
21st Century
TeensI. Skimming
1.Who is the NBA star mentioned in this passage?
2. Which team does he play for?
Kobe Bryant.
Los Angeles Lakers.

for Senior 2
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21st Century
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1. What did Sporting News name Kobe?
2. According to Shaquille O’Neal, which of Bryant’s
qualities have contributed to his winning the
honor?
3. How does Kobe explain his success?
NBA player of the decade for the 2000s.
His extra killer instinct and great determination to win.
He constantly looks for ways to improve his game.

for Senior 2
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21st Century
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4. How did he perform in school?
5. According to the article, which NBA record has Kobe
broken?
6. How many NBA championships has Kobe won?
Bryant showed shooting talent at an early age and
enjoyed a successful high school basketball career.
He is the youngest player to score 20,000 points in the
NBA.
He has led the Lakers to four NBA championships: in
2000, 2001, 2002 and 2009.

for Senior 2
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21st Century
TeensIII. Discussion
What can we learn from Kobe Bryant?

for Senior 2
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21st Century
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1. The thing about Kobe is that, over the course
of my career, I have never played with anyone
who was as fierce as he is.
course ：过程，生涯

for Senior 2
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21st Century
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Translate the following sentences:
1) Of course, sir.
2) The college course was then cut to three years.
3) The plane was many miles off course.
4) In the course of the experiments, they came across a series of
new problems.
5) We had three courses: soup, meat and vegetables, and fruit.
在试验过程中他们碰到一系列新问题。 (course: 过程，
进程 )
当然可以，先生。 (Of course: 当然 )
大学学制 ( 课程 ) 那时缩短到三年。 (course: 课程 )
那架飞机偏离航线很多。 (course: 方向，路线，道
路 )
我们有三道菜：汤、肉和蔬菜，还有水果。 (course: 一道
菜 )

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动名词可以用形容词性物主代词或名词所有格修饰
，作动名词的逻辑主语。在非正式英语中，可以用人
称代词宾格或名词做修饰语。
2. ……, said former teammate Shaquille O’Neal of
Bryant receiving the honor.
IV. Language Points
又如：
1) Do you mind my opening the window?
2) I am pleased with Mike's returning me the money in time?
3) We can finish our work without John helping us.
4) Do you mind me asking you a question?

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注意：
1 ）若动名词的逻辑主语是无生命的“物”，而不是
“人”时，最好用普通格。例如 :
I was afraid of the tent falling down during the
night ．
2 ）若动名词的逻辑主语由较长的一组词构成时，
最好用普通格。例如：
Do you remember John and his father coming to
see us last Christmas ？
3 ）若动名词复合结构作主语时，则最好用所有格
或物主代词。例如：
Jenny's ／ Her coming home late worries her
mother ．
IV. Language Points

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1) I really appreciate ______ to help me, but I am sure that I can
manage by myself. 　　
A. offering B. you to offer
C. your offering D. that you are offering
2) We can't imagine ______ in the entrance examination, for she has
never been to school. 　　
A. she succeeding B. her succeeding 　　
C. she succeed D. her to succeed 　
3) I don't like ______ at me. 　　
A. them laughing B. their laugh 　　
C. them laugh D. them to have laughed
4) At the beginning of class, the noise of desks ______ could be heard
outside the classroom.
A. opened and closed B. to be opened and closed
C. being opened and closed D. to open and close
IV. Language Points

for Senior 2
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21st Century
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Reading
(within 3 words)
for Senior 2
江苏徐州一中
朱静
09-10 学年第 7 期总第 372 期
Rio gets its chance (P2)

for Senior 2
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21st Century
TeensI. Brainstorming
1.What comes to mind when you think of the
2008 Beijing Olympic Games?

for Senior 2
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 2. Which city will host the next
Olympics?
 3. Who will host the 2016 Olympics?
I. Brainstorming
London.
Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro

for Senior 2
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21st Century
TeensII. Reading
1. Which city was Rio’s last rival in its bid for the 2016 Olympics?
A. Tokyo B. Chicago C. Paris D. Madrid
2. What can we learn from the article?
A. The 2016 Olympics will be held in four of Brazil’s cities.
B. To make the games a success, Rio has to try to reduce the
crime rate.
C. The theme of the 2016 Olympics will be “Uniting our worlds”.
D. Rio won the 2016 Olympic bid because of its good transport
and communications network.
3. The 2016 Olympic opening and closing ceremonies will be held
in ______.
A. Barra B. Copacabana C. Maracana D. Deodoro
Read the passage and choose the best answer.

for Senior 2
21st Century Teens
21st Century
TeensIII. Language Points
1. It will be the first time a South American city
has hosted the Olympics.
It/ This/That + be + the first (second, third, etc.) time + that-
clause
1 ）主句谓语用 is / will be 时，从句一般用现在完成时。
2 ）主句谓语用 was 时，从句则通常使用过去完成时。
又如：
1) It will be the second time I've met him.
2) This/It is the first time I've talked with you.
3) That/It was the fourth time that he had made
the same mistake.

for Senior 2
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21st Century
TeensIII. Language Points
Consolidation ：
1) It is the first time that he ____ to join us for dinner.
A. agree B. agreed C. has agreed D. will agree
2) —This is the first time I ____ so many pictures with
my own hands.
—It's time that you ____ a picture for me.
A. took; took B. have taken; took
C. took; will take D. will take ;have taken
3) 这是他第一次上剧院。
It was the first time he had been to the theater.
=This is the first time for him to go to the theatre.

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Backstreet boys back
again
大连市 23 中
韩爱华
09-10 学年第 7 期总第 372 期

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I. Pre-reading
1. Who are they?
2. What do you know about them?

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21st Century
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Nickolas
Gene Carter
Littrell
Alexander
James
McLean
Kevin Scott
Richardson
Howard Dwaine
Dorough

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BACK AGAIN

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1. What is the new album called?
2. How did the band become famous?
3. Which two songs does the article suggest we
listen to?
This Is Us .
Straight Through My Heart and Bye Bye Love.
II. Fast reading
The R&B ballads and dance tunes.

for Senior 2
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21st Century
TeensIII. Careful reading
Choose the correct answers.
1. The backstreet boys have been ______.
A. on a long vacation
B. trying to come up with a different kind of music
C. traveling around the world for their own enjoyment
D. doing concerts and making a new record
2. Which of the following statements about the Backstreet Boys is
false?
A. The band members get on well with each other.
B. Howie Dorough manages to balance his life and work well.
C. Their career has not run smoothly
D. Littrell knows how to manage his time while Carter can look
after his money.

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Find the words or phrases in the article which
mean:
1. tired of
2. successes and failures
3. advantages and disadvantages
4. give up something in order to get something
more important
fed up with
ups and downs/
peaks and valleys
strengths and weaknesses
sacrifice
IV. Language study

for Senior 2
21st Century Teens
21st Century
Teens
Reading
(within 3 words)
for Senior 2
大连市 23 中
韩爱华
09-10 学年第 7 期总第 372 期
Beating the bombs (P6)

for Senior 2
21st Century Teens
21st Century
Teens
I. Pre-reading
More and more high tech weaponry is used to
defend as well as attack. Which countries are
strongest in this regard?
Russia Germany the UK
Japan Iraq America

for Senior 2
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II. Fast reading
Read and find the answer in two minutes.
Schoenfeld’s invention was
___________________.an “add on” armor kit

for Senior 2
21st Century Teens
21st Century
TeensIII. Careful reading
Read carefully and say whether the statements are true or false.
1. The EFP is a powerful roadside bomb that can destroy the
most-heavily armored vehicles.
2. Schoenfeld’s invention is intended to be used to defend
against EFPs.
3. The “add on” armor kit contains four special devices to help
save soldiers’ lives.
4. To understand the EFPs Schoenfeld and his team thought
about the designers of the bombs.
5. Schoenfeld’s work has been proved a success.
6. Schoenfeld has received a lot of money for his work.

for Senior 2
21st Century Teens
21st Century
TeensIV. Language study
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of
the words given.
1. Schoenfeld spends his life _______(work) on
how to protect American soldiers against
roadside bombs in Iraq.
2. __________(Study) captured EFPs,
Schoenfeld worried that his opponents might be
much like himself.
working
Studying

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3. Schoenfeld’s work, plus nine other of last year’s
battlefield programs, ______(be) recognized as the
Army’s top inventions of 2008.
4. One device was a bandage _________(design) to
stop bleeding.
5. The kit was one of the most __________(save life)
programs.
IV. Language study
was
designed
lifesaving

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6. For now, though, the American scientists
seem __________(have) the upper hand.
7. The __________(reward) part was getting
back photographs of vehicles bombed by
EFPs in which people were not getting killed.
IV. Language study
to have
rewarding

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